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    • O Offline
      ocd
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      Hello,

      Maybe I ought to change my name to "green"

      I was saving my files in the "save as" manner. Is the skb from the auto backup?

      I dug up this from Google (below):
      This person proposes a permanent fix, option #3. But, I don't understand what he is doing, would you mind explaining what I need to do to effect #3? And, this manuever has to be done with every file, right? Thanks very much for your patience, ocd

      Here it is:
      xxxxx.skb is just a backup for an skp file. The skb may not be the
      latest version you want? Several things you can do; 1) Look for the
      file you saved by the same name except the skp extension;2) drag and
      drop the skb file on the SU icon and it should open;3) Change the file
      association ( PC) and associate an xxxx.skb file to open with SU;4)
      change the file name to xxxxx.skp. The best fix is #3 so you will not
      have this problem again.

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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
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        I think you've got things sorted now. Option 3 is interesting but under normal conditions you won't need to ope the SKB file and as discussed you can rename it if you need to open it. Now that you can see the file extensions, you should have less difficulty with those files.

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        • O Offline
          ocd
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          Dave R, a Global Moderator, is The Man. Thanks, Dave, for the lesson-he is truly a generous person.

          Here's what "we" did. Went to Control Panel, then to Folder Options, then View, then unchecked the box that said "hide known folder extensions". Seems like Windows 7 automatically hides folder extensions. With that done, my problem was solved. I still had a couple of things happen that I don't understand, but I'm sure they fall under "operator error".

          I appreciate everyone's responses-the folks on this forum are really great.

          ocd

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          • GaieusG Offline
            Gaieus
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            @ocd said:

            Dave R, a Global Moderator, is The Man.

            And here is "The Man" live πŸ˜‰

            https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-TVdlkjAlgt4/TIKCKQYBlII/AAAAAAAAEp4/fREFLiJ_oIc/s800/DSCF0062.JPG

            Gai...

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
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              OCD, I'm happy that we were able to get you sorted out.

              Csaba, that picture makes me look fat. And why is my hat crooked? πŸ˜„

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              • GaieusG Offline
                Gaieus
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                You should see my pictures! (I don't just lookfat on them) πŸ˜’

                Gai...

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                • Rich O BrienR Offline
                  Rich O Brien Moderator
                  last edited by

                  I miss that pub 😞

                  Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
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                    Me, too. We should go there again.

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                    • GaieusG Offline
                      Gaieus
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                      That was indeed a fine joint.

                      (And remember guys how Mike enjoyed the staff there?) πŸ˜„

                      Gai...

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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
                        last edited by

                        Yeah. What was her name?

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                        • GaieusG Offline
                          Gaieus
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                          There were several. (I do not want to link pics here now...) πŸ˜’

                          Gai...

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                          • Dave RD Offline
                            Dave R
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                            I don't blame you. Besides, we've hijacked OCD's thread enough.

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                              Gaieus
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                              Well, I tagged Mike on a photo and it turned out that G+ automatically posted it. πŸ˜„

                              https://plus.google.com/u/0/116030646877186188585/posts/Gn1Uejbe17x

                              (I guess OCD's topic is solved so hijacking is not a biggie hopefully)

                              Gai...

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                              • O Offline
                                ocd
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                                Hi

                                I'm glad that horsing around is allowed on this forum.

                                OK--Isn't it true that to begin the "saving" process that I have to FIRST do the "Save As..."? Just like a regular document?

                                Then, while I am occassionally hitting the "Save" button, the program is doing an "Autosave" for me?

                                And, I can create a file anywhere to "save" my work/document, but the "autosave" is always in the same pre-destined place?

                                Are cynicism and sarcasm allowed on the forum?

                                Thanks, ocd

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                                • Dave RD Offline
                                  Dave R
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                                  @ocd said:

                                  OK--Isn't it true that to begin the "saving" process that I have to FIRST do the "Save As..."? Just like a regular document?

                                  You don't have to do a Save as... It can be just a regular Save. Save as... would allow you to save a file with a different name than the current one. So if you drew a shadowbox, for example, you might save it as "Shadowbox." Then you might modify it to make a new version. If you use Save, you won't get an opportunity to give it a new name and your modified shadowbox file would just replace the original. If you want to keep the original, however, use File>Save as... and type a new name.

                                  @ocd said:

                                  Then, while I am occassionally hitting the "Save" button, the program is doing an "Autosave" for me?

                                  Autosaves will occur whether you hit Save or not. On your SketchUp install that should happen every three minutes.

                                  @ocd said:

                                  And, I can create a file anywhere to "save" my work/document, but the "autosave" is always in the same pre-destined place?

                                  Autosave will create the SKB file in the same directory in which you save the SKP file. This can be anywhere on your computer but by default is the Documents folder unless you change the location under Window>Preferences>Files.

                                  @ocd said:

                                  Are cynicism and sarcasm allowed on the forum?

                                  Not only are they allowed, they will be graded. πŸ˜„

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                                  • O Offline
                                    ocd
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                                    Do I get extra points for being able to laugh at myself?

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